press time

Or presstime

noun

1. the time at which a pressrun begins, especially that of a newspaper.

Word History and Origins

Origin of press time¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

After Surge press time last week, the Pentagon distributed a memo to reporters requiring them, in the New York Times’ description, “not to gather or use any information that had not been formally authorized for release or risk losing their credentials to cover the military.”

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As for Seyfried, at press time “The Testament of Ann Lee” doesn’t yet have a distributor.

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A request for comment sent to Kwatinetz through his attorney was not returned by press time, but he told Billboard last month that the band’s current management stopped cooperating, so “I sold my half.”

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One did not respond; scheduling difficulties meant that Salon had not received a response to written questions posed to the other scientist, Stanford Medicine geneticist Michael Snyder, by press time.

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At press time, Wikipedia editors are still deciding what to call the page, and one intriguing detail is the relatively small group of participants.

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